In the possible future battle between Liu Bei and Cao Cao, Liu Bei had full confidence to defeat Cao Cao. This faith is not blind, but well prepared.

Cao Cao's ruling was based on the wealthy family, and he started from the wealthy family, and the strength of the wealthy family inevitably became his main force. Xiahoudun, Cao Hong and others are all children of wealthy families, and he needs their financial and strength support. And the keen Cao Cao saw the danger of the wealthy family after the power was too large, and adopted the strategy of supporting one faction to fight the other, which inevitably brought internal instability. The rebellion of Lü Bu in Yanzhou was only a harbinger, as evidenced by the death of the second regime established by Cao Cao in history.

In addition, Cao Cao relied on the old forces to rise, and the old forces inevitably carried many prejudices, the biggest of which was that his ideas of governing the country still adopted the Confucian set. What is Confucianism? It is a weapon to destroy the country. The history of 2,000 years proves that whenever we get rid of foreign rule and put on the shackles of Confucianism again, the fate of another round of annihilation and slavery is inevitable.

For more than 2,000 years, China has not only been armed with Confucianism. Western Xia, in the Song Dynasty, in the land of the four wars in Hexi, conquered the east and the west to conquer a large territory, established the country as the king, and let the emperor of the Song Dynasty call the ministers to make offerings. At that time, how fierce it was. However, the king of Western Xia then made a faint decision to require all citizens to learn Confucianism and arm the people with Confucianism. The final ending is well known: the Western Xia has destroyed the country.

Before Confucianism, Western Xia was able to fight well......

There is also Korea, historically when it was considering whether to abandon Confucianism, the Japanese rushed in, and it was a slave for 300 years.

No matter how the Confucian scholars argued, more than 2,000 years. Come, all the countries that adopt the Confucian art of governing the country, without exception, can not avoid the fate of being conquered and destroyed, and every time a foreign race comes to conquer us, there are always great Confucian scholars who give advice to the foreign race and fan the flames, this is the case in all dynasties, this is an iron fact, there is no avoidance.

Cao Cao, if he continues to adopt Confucianism. If you want to govern the country, its demise is a matter of time or time, Liu Bei does not destroy him, he will also perish by himself, this is the fate of Confucianism, which is unavoidable.

If, under the influence of Qingzhou, Cao Cao abandoned Confucianism and adopted. With Qingzhou's management method: respect for private property, respect for the spirit of contract, pay attention to innovation, pay attention to industry and commerce - although this kind of statecraft is not necessarily the best, but after all, it is not the worst - then, the purpose of changing the fate of our nation has been achieved, and other princes will follow suit, China has become strong, who wins and who loses, why care? Even if Cao Cao wins, so what? Isn't it a victory for the Chinese? Besides, justice has its own hearts, who will wipe out Liu Bei's credit.

It's a pity that Liu Bei can't say these words to Xun Yu, looking. His big puzzled eyes, Liu Bei smiled faintly: "Wen Ruo, you can watch me arrange it slowly." ”

Yanzhou East County, after Liu Bei lifted the siege, he was trapped. Cao Cao of the Lu State was full of grief and anger, flew all the way back, and galloped into Dong'e City in the starry night.

Dong'e City is guarded by Cheng Yu, when Cheng Yu was young, he dreamed that he was standing in Tai. On the top of the mountain, holding two days. Cheng Yu has a "day" in his own name, and Cao Cao also has a "day" in his surname, the ancient people were superstitious, Cheng Yu searched for the princes, and finally found his own home, so he was extremely loyal to Cao Cao and worked hard to keep Dong'e City for Cao Cao.

Dong'e City, Fan City, and Juancheng are the most on the south bank of the Yellow River. The three big cities, the three cities are protected, and Cao Cao can at least gain a foothold on the south bank of the Yellow River. As for the north shore, it has all belonged to Lu Bu.

When Cheng Yu saw Cao Cao returning in embarrassment, he didn't wait for him to speak, and immediately comforted: "Chen Gong betrayed Lu Bu, and something happened. Lord, although we have lost almost the whole state, we still have the three cities in hand, and there is still something to be done. At present, Yu has sent troops to intercept Cangtingjin, and another ferry near the Yellow River is in Chiping, which is close to Pingyin City and Pingyuan County. Liu Bei was very hostile to Lu Bu, Chen Gong would not dare to cross the river in Chiping, if you want to come, Dong'e City should be safe! ”

Cao Cao hurriedly held Cheng Yu's hand and said: "The power of Weizi, I have no place to return!" ”

Soon after Cao Cao entered the city, Xun You had rushed back to Dong'e to report that Lü Bu gave up attacking Juancheng and retreated to Puyang. Xun You asked Cao Cao to take advantage of the situation to pursue Lü Bu's army.

Cao Cao lifted his beard and smiled, and said: "Lu Bu has the courage and no strategy, he has Yanzhou, he can't enter Dongping County, cut off the passage of Kang's father Taishan, and take advantage of the gap to invite our army. There was no new defeat in his demeanor.

"Our army's attack on Lü Bu is urgent. However, there is another thing that needs to be dealt with", Cao Cao said without shame: "I made a contract with Liu Bei to implement the contract law. According to Fengxiao (Guo Jia), this is a policy to strengthen the country and enrich the people! Gongda (Xun You), you are here to preside over this matter. Nowadays, only Qingzhou has military rations to support the war, and when I implement the contract law, the merchants of Qingzhou can enter Yanzhou to do business, and we can order a large amount of grain and grass from Qingzhou. ”

On the eve of August 15 in the first year of Xingping, the quarantined Iraqis were released from quarantine, and with the flow of celebratory people, they poured into Guangrao City to meet with Jian Yong, who participated in the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Festival.

Not long ago, Liu Bei announced a reform plan for the rule of officials. This plan was announced with the power of a great victory. Although the private reform of the official system did not conform to the rules of the imperial court, when the warlords were fighting, Liu Bei won consecutive battles, and his prestige was in full swing in Qingzhou, and the disasters in the south and north made Qingji and the four states adopt an "island" policy, closing the border and cutting off contact with other counties and counties. As a result, there was little opposition to this grand reform.

On the surface, except for Qingzhou, the other three prefectures did not have a state pastoral office, which reduced the number of officials and administrative links. The people thought that this was Liu Bei's status as the pastor of the four states, but in fact, the biggest change in this reform of official governance was to formally establish the senate system that had been implemented in Qingzhou for many years, and to include the elders of various counties and prefectures into the formal bureaucratic system, and clearly identify these elders as salaried officials of the government.

At that time, people did not understand the benefits of this change, and Liu Bei only took a small step forward, but this small step was a big change in history.

The reform plan for the administration of officials stipulates that, in addition to Qingzhou, the three prefectures of He, Hebei and Youzhou will set up administrative units "Dao", and Bohai County, Hejian County, Qinghe County and Pingyuan County of Jizhou will become Bohai Dao; Julu, Guangping, and Wei, plus most of the counties of Zhao became Guangping Province; The remaining part of Jizhou was changed to the Nakasendo.

Youzhou is also divided into three provinces and two subject states. The four counties of Shanggu, Daijun, Fanyang and Yanguo are one and are called Fanyang Road; Yuyang, right Beiping, Liaoxi Izumo is one, called Izumo Road; Changli, Xuansu, and the newly expanded Xianbei site established a road, called Changli Road; Liaodong, plus the territories occupied by the Goguryeo, Fuyu tribes, and Kumoxi tribes, established a vassal state, called the Liao State, and appointed Gao Shan as the lord of the country; Lelang, with Fang, plus the territory of the Filthy tribe and the Wofu tribe established a country, named the Fang Country, and appointed Zhou Yi as the lord of the country.

Yanmen County and Xinxing County became a road, called Yanmen Road; Leping County, Taiyuan County, became a road, called Taiyuan Road; Shangdang County, Xihe County became a province called Fenyang Road.

The official level of the Dao is slightly lower than that of the state pastor, which is equivalent to the treatment of the state assassin history, and the state-level officials only reserve their names for the imperial court, except for Liu Bei, the rest of the state-level subordinate officials have become fictitious titles.

The province is set up to make a slight section, the county is set up to be guarded, and the county is set up to be a county magistrate. The elders of each county are collectively referred to as supervisors, and those who serve in the Qingzhou Great Senate can be called veterans. The three levels of governors are reappointed every five years in batches, and governors can only serve three consecutive terms. The evaluation of officials is the responsibility of supervisors elected by the people (elected once every ten years), but supervisors do not have the right to appoint or dismiss officials. Civilian officials are recommended by the Senate, and the final power of appointment and dismissal lies with Liu Bei.

The military governors in various places were recommended by Liu Bei, and finally appointed by the Governor's Office, responsible for the security of public security in various places. There is a garrison brigade on the road, a garrison regiment in the county, and a garrison battalion in the county. The generals of the standing army were directly appointed by Liu Bei.

The chief justices of each region are recommended by the Criminal Department, the Senate confirms the appointment, and Liu Bei signs and approves. Liu Bei has the right to veto candidates three times, the same candidate is vetoed three times in a row, the patriarch is replaced, and different candidates are vetoed three times in a row, then Liu Bei loses the right of veto on this matter.

The administrative ranks of officials are divided into nine knights, each of which is five ranks, and under the titles of duke, marquis, earl, son, and baron, are lords (knights), secretaries, warriors, and meritorious people.

The reform plan for the administration of officials was promulgated before the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Festival, and not long after it was promulgated, the local government had an autumn vacation, and in addition to the officials on duty, the chief officials of all parts of the country went to participate in the celebration of the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Festival.

On August 15 (September 16, 194 in the Gregorian calendar, the lunar calendar is expressed as: Wuzi Day of the Jiaxu Year), the Yi nationality followed Jian Yong to the circular arena in the east of Guangrao City, Jian Yong greeted the familiar officials all the way, introduced the newcomer of the Yi nationality, and walked higher and higher all the way, approaching the chairman on the stage.

A large number of seats were vacant around the chairman, and the main officials of Qingzhou had not yet entered. Jian Yong and the attendants who maintained order around him were very familiar with each other, exchanged greetings, walked to the chairman's vicinity without pause, found a seat and sat down, and said: "Boji (Yi) and sit down for a while, I will say hello to Xuande." Without waiting for Yi to answer, he could no longer be found.

Yi Zhi sat very uncomfortable in his seat, and the people around him did not know him, and they all looked at this stranger who dared to sit near the chairman with surprised eyes, if it were not for the clear expressions of the attendants, Yi Zhi estimated that many people would rush to his side and reprimand him for his boldness.

Soon, a fat man in strange clothes came up panting, and he didn't seem to be Han Chinese, but the Qingzhou tribes had close contacts, and there were many foreign races in the field, and Yi didn't care.

The fat man rolled his eyes, and saw the strange Yi nationality sitting abruptly near the chairman, so he approached him and asked in a stiff Chinese: "This lord looks strange, how do you call him?" ”

Yi didn't know the depth of this person, stood up and bowed his hand, and replied: "Yi Yi from Xiashanyang, who came here from Jingzhou, was invited by Jian Xian and Lord to watch the performance of the Agricultural and Animal Husbandry Festival. ”

The fat man's eyes lit up, and he asked urgently: "Jian Xian and the adults are back, where are they?" I was about to pay tribute to him. ”

Yi Zhi was about to answer, when there was a sudden commotion in the field, and all the eyes of everyone turned to the right, and many people stood up and jumped on their chairs to look, and Yi Yi also looked to the right - the crowd was surging, and he couldn't see anything clearly. Turning his head, he was about to answer the fat man's words, but he didn't want to, but at this moment, the fat man couldn't be found.

Soon, the crowd seemed to be getting more and more excited, and the attendants began to press, and when the crowd calmed down, Yi Yuan saw a tall and mighty man, quietly leading a woman in purple to the chairman. It was the woman in purple who caused the commotion, she followed behind the big man, and the big man's calm face faintly seemed to be proud of the sensation caused by the woman.

Beside the couple, the fat man who had just disappeared was trotting in a hurry, and his mouth continued to say: "The great, invincible, victorious Thunder Cavalry Commander, the first warrior of Izumo City, the master of Qian'an City (now Chengde City, Gao Shun's fief), the first general of the Qingzhou Governor's Mansion Lord Gao Shun, the humble and insignificant merchant of the Great Qin State, the Qingzhou Governor, and your slave Qin Lun salute you." By the way, I also pay tribute to your wife, the beautiful, noble, and learned Miss Cai Yan. ”

Yi was shocked, it turned out that the person who caused the commotion was Cai Yan, who enjoyed the reputation of "the world's first talented woman", no wonder......

Yi Yuan looked at Gao Shun carefully, the husband of the "first talented woman in the world" is considered to be the "first warrior in the world to break the formation", it is said that there is no formation that he cannot break, and even Liu Bei is impressed when he talks about his senior brother's ability to break the formation. At present, this calm and brave warrior also seems to be immersed in the beauty of his wife.

"The world's first talented woman" married "the world's first warrior to break the formation", not only caused an uproar in Qingzhou, but even in the distant Jingzhou and Xuzhou, the scholars sighed. For thousands of years, generals were always considered to be martial artists, and soldiers needed to brand their faces to prevent escape, and the slightly famous generals were also written by the Confucians as scholars who scolded Fang Xuan. In this atmosphere of public opinion, the "first talented woman in the world" did not marry a romantic poet who was powerless and only knew how to write poems, but married a martial artist, which was considered a betrayal of the Confucian class.

However, this prejudice is not an obstacle in Qingzhou, the people of Qingzhou are fierce, the people are full of blood, and the folk martial arts atmosphere is strong, and all officials must enter the ranks by military merit in order to gradually climb to the high position. Therefore, the combination of Cai Yan and Gao Shun is considered to be a good story of heroes and beauties. As a result, the wedding customs in Qingzhou gradually changed, and the soldiers became the objects of admiration of the MMs.

What makes Qingzhou people excited is that when Cai Yan got married, Liu Bei personally took Cai Yan's hand and handed it over to Gao Shun, and said earnestly: "Senior brother, a peerless beauty, can produce one every ten years; A peerless talented woman can produce one every 100 years; A peerless talented woman is also a peerless beauty, and she may not be able to meet one in a thousand years, and Miss Cai is such a rare person in a thousand years. Today I will hand her over to my senior brother, senior brother, don't discriminate against her because of her miserable background, from now on, you are only allowed to love her alone; Love her, spoil her, and don't lie to her; Promise her everything, you will do; Everything you say to her must be sincere. Don't bully her, scold her, care about her; When others bully her, you have to jump out to help her as soon as possible; When she is happy, you have to be happy with her; When she is unhappy, you have to make her happy; Always think she's the prettiest; I will see her in my dreams; There should only be her in your heart...... (Hedong Lion's Roar)"

Liu Bei's classic words have since become the oath of Qingzhou loving couple when they got married, and at this moment, the original and genuine oath owner appeared in front of everyone, and everyone wanted to witness the real person. That's what made a splash just now.

The sensation caused by Cai Yan has not subsided, Gao Shun led the little bird to sit down not far from Yi Yi, and an endless stream of visitors continued to pour in this direction, these people greeted Gao Shun at the same time, and inevitably accosted Cai Yan a few words. Later, even the outsider of Yi saw the signs: these people replied to Gao Shun that it was a lie, and they wanted to see Cai Yan up close was sincere.

In the middle of the chaos, the drum and trumpeter on the rostrum raised a long brass trumpet, blew a loud trumpet, a rolling drum sounded, several attendants walked out of the rest room behind the rostrum with a military flag embroidered with a smiling bear, and then, a group of people dressed in veteran costumes poured out of the rest room, and when these people sat down, another military horn sounded, Guan Ning, Gao Tanglong and the four major military divisions, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong accompanied a young man with a white face and extraordinary bearing to step out of the rest room.

"Bang la la", the audience stood up in unison, stretched out their right hands, palms down, and shouted: "Salute to you!" My lord!"

Guan Ning, Gao Tanglong, the four major military divisions, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Jian Yong, who were accompanied, hurriedly took half a step forward and stood sideways, avoiding this etiquette, while Liu Bei rushed forward to reply to everyone's salute with a military salute.

Qin Lun shook his fat body, rushed to Liu Bei, bowed down, and said: "The outstanding, invincible, and supreme commander, the patriarch of the Qing, Hebei, You, and the four prefectures, the master of the two cities of Izumo and Guanghuan, the invincible Hou Ye, my supreme commander, your humble servant Qin Lun, the merchant of Great Qin, salutes you!" ”

Liu Bei bowed slightly, replied to Qin Lun's salute, waved his hand to signal the audience to sit down, and asked Gao Shun casually: "Senior brother, why don't you come to the lounge to sit?" Ying'er also wants to meet your wife. ”

Yi Yuan noticed that Liu Bei's gaze swept towards Cai Yan, and when the eyes of the two sides met, they immediately jumped over and turned their heads.

Gao Shun raised his face, and said faintly smug between the words: "Wherever we go, we are in a mess and dazed, the lord is discussing things in the lounge, and Zhao Ji means not to disturb you." ”

Liu Bei nodded, understood in his heart, and slowly walked to his seat, behind him, Qin Yan chattered endlessly with words of praise.

Liu Bei sat down, impatiently cut off Qin's words, and asked, "What's the matter?" Tell the story. ”

Qin Yan twisted and said: "Look, it's another agricultural and animal husbandry festival, the outstanding, invincible, supreme commander, and the noble-born master, your humble servant has been here for three years, and I have already experienced four agricultural and pastoral festivals, I don't know when you, who are invincible, will let the fleet go to Di Shi Port (Vietnam)?" ”